Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: theDentist
What's the Party breakdown % in Ca, anyway?

I'll have to look it up somehting like 44-38-11, but the numbers are deceiving. People in CA don't really vote straight party line to the extent they do on the East Coast.

There are a lot of Dems, expecially in the Central Valley that vote pretty conservative. Legislative seats are considered safe when they hit 42% Rep, but Dems need 48% to be considered safe.

Finally, the turnout in this election is going to favor Republicans, skewing those numbers even further.

9 posted on 08/26/2003 10:40:04 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (It's time for Arnold to stop splitting the Republican vote and step aside for the good of the party)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]


To: ElkGroveDan; Gophack
Thanks Freeps! I was just curious.

I was in Mass. until last winter, and one thing I remember from there is that even though the GOP has held the Governorship since Pee Wee Dukakis' failed run, is that each Republican candidate must be a left-leaning RINO to get the office. Straight conservative values in such a state won't fly. The majority is just too liberal, and even the grass roots GOP is a bit left.

BTW: Last week I began re-reading "AT ANY COST" and "The Plot to Steal the Presidency", both books about the 2000 election and the Florida mess. I recommend reading them both (again if you already have). There were just so many tricks, twists, and turns that even years later I nearly perforated an ulcer from anger.

15 posted on 08/26/2003 12:48:32 PM PDT by theDentist (Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson